my republican friends tell me that. quite sure they are telling me the truth. there may be some people, laugh, smirk. i have been hearing that from donors and political consultants. i heard from a leader of one of the unions and said his guys loved it and will have a big surges in 26 days. >> wolf. >> thank you. are the first and only vice presidential debate now history. issue by issue. and moment by moment. as always, the bigger the color tile up there on the wall for each candidate, the more time he spoke. so, first, here is how they timed out overall. vice president biden on the left in blue. speaking for 41:32 tonight. that's about 1:20 longer than congressman ryan did. bear in mind, last week, president obama spoke considerably locker than mitt romney, didn't do him much good. the top three issues of the night. number one for joe biden, the economy at just over 6:00. number one for ryan, budget and taxes at almost 7:00. ryan, budget and taxes, number two issue, ryan, the economy. mirror image of biden. vice president spent third most time talking about th